"and is the direction which keeps the prevailing wind and rain at one's back, and the evening sun out of one's eyes. Some walkers do start from the east coast, either because they wish to have the Lake District as the climax of their walk or because they have already walked the route in the conventional direction. Wainwright's route begins at St Bees in Cumbria, on the Irish Sea. It crosses the West Cumbrian coastal plain and the Lake District, and enters North Yorkshire as it crosses the Pennines. It then crosses the Yorkshire Dales, the Vale of York and"
"start at the bottom of the last page and work upwards and backwards towards the front of the book. The guide was prepared with the aid of four helpers (Harry Appleyard, Len Chadwick, Cyril Moore and Lawrence Smith) and its preparation was affected by the major outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in 1966 and 1967, which closed access to many of the moors. In 1972 Wainwright devised the east-west Coast to Coast Walk, as an alternative to the north-south Pennine Way. The Coast to Coast, he declares in his guidebook, which follows the same format as the ""Pennine Way"
"walkers dip their booted feet in the Irish Sea at St Bees and, at the end of the walk, in the North Sea at Robin Hood's Bay. At St Bees the start is marked by the ""Wainwright Wall"" which explains the walk and its history. A new interpretation board and the steel banner were installed in summer 2013 by St Bees Parish Council and the Wainwright Society. St Bees St Bees is a coastal village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Copeland district of Cumbria, England, on the Irish Sea. It was originally in the historic county of Cumberland."
"Head and Birkhams quarry featured in the May 2012 booklet of the best coastal walks in UK published by the ""Daily Telegraph"" newspaper; it being one of only two walks covered in the north west of England. St Bees is the start of the Wainwright Coast to Coast walk, which was devised by Alfred Wainwright in 1973. It is an unofficial and mostly unsignposted long-distance footpath in Northern England. Devised by Alfred Wainwright, it passes through three contrasting National Parks: the Lake District National Park, the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and the North York Moors National Park. Wainwright recommended that"
"his route. For instance, the majority of Wainwright's stages start and end at low level with a single up-down during the day: many walkers split the Borrowdale–Patterdale stage at Grasmere in order to maintain this pattern and avoid having two major uphill sections in one day. Splitting two or three more of the longer stages, and adding a further one or two rest days, reduces the average day-length to 10 or 12 miles and makes the walk a much easier three-week trip with time to ""stand and stare"", an activity much approved of by Wainwright. Although unofficial, the Coast to"
"Two Moors Way The original Two Moors Way spans 102 miles from Ivybridge on the southern boundary of Dartmoor National Park to Lynmouth on the North Devon Coast in Exmoor National Park. If you wish to complete a Coast to Coast walk you can start at Wembury on the South Devon coast and follow the Erme-Plym trail to Ivybridge, adding around 15 miles. Although there is one most widely used route, passing through (from south to north): WEMBURY (optional) - IVYBRIDGE - HOLNE - HAMELDOWN - CHAGFORD - DREWSTEIGNTON - MORCHARD BISHOP - WITHERIDGE - KNOWSTONE - HAWKRIDGE - WITHYPOOL"
"Sea to Sea Cycle Route The Coast to Coast or Sea to Sea Cycle Route (C2C) is a cycle route opened in 1994. Combining sections of National Cycle Route 7 and National Cycle Route 71, it runs from Whitehaven or Workington on the west coast of Cumbria, and then crosses the Lake District and the Pennines in the north of England by using a variety of both on and off-road trails, ending on the north-east coast at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, or at Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear. Claimed to be Great Britain's most popular long-distance cycle route, it is designed"
"Alfred Wainwright Alfred Wainwright (""A.W."") MBE (17 January 1907 – 20 January 1991) was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume ""Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells"", published between 1955 and 1966 and consisting entirely of reproductions of his manuscript, has become the standard reference work to 214 of the fells of the English Lake District. Among his 40-odd other books is the first guide to the Coast to Coast Walk, a 192-mile long-distance footpath devised by Wainwright which remains popular today. Alfred Wainwright was born in Blackburn, Lancashire into a family which was relatively poor, mostly because"
"Suffolk Coast Path The Suffolk Coast Path is a long-distance footpath along the Suffolk Heritage Coast in England. It is long. Previously known as the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Path after the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty through which it runs, the path has been rebranded with new waymarkers bearing the new name. The path runs along river and sea walls, across marsh, heath, foreshore and cliffs. It starts at Felixstowe and ends at Lowestoft , via Bawdsey, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, North Warren, Thorpeness, Minsmere, Dunwich, Southwold and Kessingland. It connects with the Sandlings Walk and"
"Llŷn Coastal Path The Llŷn Coastal Path is a waymarked long-distance footpath running along the coast of the Llŷn Peninsula from Caernarfon to Porthmadog in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. A large part of the Llŷn Peninsula is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Devised and implemented by Gwynedd County Council and the Countryside Council for Wales, the path opened in 2006, though it has since been changed and improved. This work is continuing as part of the path's integration into the Wales Coast Path, an long-distance walking route around the whole coast of Wales from Chepstow to Queensferry. The route"
"South Wales Coast and Severn Estuary Coastal Path The South Wales Coast and Severn Estuary Coastal Path covers Region H of the larger Wales Coast Path, an long-distance walking route around the whole coast of Wales which opened on 5 May 2012. The South Wales Coast and Severn Estuary stretch is a in length running from Kenfig Dunes near Port Talbot, South Wales to Chepstow. With five local councils involved in its creation and maintenance, the route goes through a heritage coast, three national nature reserves and three heritage landscapes. The path passes through five unitary authority areas, and each"
"accommodation and other facilities are available. It entails 50 to 60 miles of walking depending on the route taken and can be completed over two or three days. Alfred Wainwright suggested the walk could form an acceptable finish to his Coast to Coast Walk but did not specify if he recommends doing the 40 miles in a single push. There is no record of Wainwright completing the walk. There are no constraints on doing the walk in a more leisurely manner and a guide to doing the walk over four days has been published. The first Lyke Wake Club was"
"A171 allowing access to Whitby and Scarborough. The 93 and X93 Arriva bus services between Scarborough and Middlesbrough pass through Robin Hood's Bay. Robin Hood's Bay is the eastern terminus of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk. Robin Hood's Bay is also on the coastal section of the Cleveland Way, a long distance footpath. Robin Hood's Bay is in the parish of Fylingdales which contains two churches both dedicated to St Stephen. The Old St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales, on the hill side at Raw, above the village, replaced an ancient church which had Saxon origins and was demolished in about 1821"
"since been revised a number of times in recent years (most recently in 2003) with updates to the recommended route. Wainwright's book describes the route in 12 stages, each of which ends at a settlement with at least some overnight accommodation nearby. If one stage is walked per day, with one or two rest days, the route makes a two-week holiday, and web logs of coast-to-coasters seem to indicate that this is the most common way of walking the route. However, Wainwright explicitly states that he did not intend people to necessarily stick to these daily stages, or even to"
"2008. ""Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast"" was released on DVD in June 2009. Wainwright's ""Pictorial Guides"" have been in continuous publication since they were written and have sold more than two million copies. Although a number of more up-to-date guides are on the market, his books remain among the most popular for their depth, detail and unique style. His division of the Lake District into seven areas, and choice of fells to include, have been followed in whole or in part by subsequent writers such as Mark Richards. The Coast to Coast Walk is one of the most popular long-distance"
"allowed for these to be linked together – by creating new public access routes – to make a continuous route. The path was opened throughout in July 2008. The coast path runs along the Welsh Heritage Coast from Cardigan northwards along Cardigan Bay to Ynyslas near (Borth), a little to the north of Aberystwyth. The official start, in Cardigan, is the bronze otter next to the bridge on the northern bank of the River Teifi.() The end is at the Ynyslas war memorial.() The path crosses a variety of landscapes, such as the dune system at Ynyslas, high cliffs, storm"
"and proximity to the Western Lake District. In the village there is the Norman St Bees Priory, and St Bees School founded in 1583. The Wainwright Coast to Coast Walk starts from the north end of St Bees Bay. The village is served by the Cumbrian Coast Railway. Evidence of Mesolithic and Bronze Age habitation has been found in St Bees, but nothing of the Roman occupation. The name St Bees is a corruption of the Norse name for the village, which is given in the earliest charter of the Priory as ""Kyrkeby becok"", which can be translated as the"
"Ceredigion Coast Path The Ceredigion Coast Path () is a waymarked long distance footpath in the United Kingdom, on the coast of Ceredigion, Wales. It is in length, running along the coast of Cardigan Bay from Cardigan to Ynyslas The path forms one section of the Wales Coast Path, an long-distance walking route around the whole coast of Wales from Chepstow to Queensferry, opened in 2012. The Ceredigion Coast Path project was funded under the EU's Objective 1 programme for West Wales and the Valleys. There were previously existing lengthy public rights of way along the coastline, but the scheme"
"Norfolk Coast Path The Norfolk Coast Path is a long distance footpath in Norfolk, running 62.5 miles (100.5 km) from Hunstanton to Sea Palling. It was opened in 1986 and covers the North Norfolk Coast AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). It links with the Peddars Way at Holme-next-the-Sea, and the two in combination form the Peddars Way & Norfolk Coast Path National Trail, one of 15 National Trails in England and Wales. At Cromer it links to the Weavers Way. In December 2014, the trail was extended to Sea Palling and forms part of the England Coast Path. The"
"Wales Coast Path The Wales Coast Path () is a long-distance footpath which follows, or runs close to, the majority of the coastline of Wales. It opened on 5 May 2012, and offers a walking route from Chepstow, Monmouthshire, in the south to near Chester, in the north. Wales is the first country in the world to provide a dedicated footpath close to most of its coastline. The Path runs through eleven National Nature Reserves and other nature reserves, including those managed by The Wildlife Trusts or Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Lonely Planet rated the coast"
"Cambrian Line The Cambrian Line (Welsh: ""Rheilffordd y Cambrian"") is a railway that runs from Shrewsbury (in Shropshire, England) to Aberystwyth (in Ceredigion) and Pwllheli (in Gwynedd), both on the west coast of Wales. The line from to is sometimes called the Cambrian Coast Line. The railway is scenic: it runs through the Cambrian Mountains in central Wales and along the coast of Cardigan Bay. The line includes long sections of rural single track and is designated as a community rail partnership. From Shrewsbury, the line heads west through northern Powys, serving the towns of Welshpool and Newtown. At ,"
"Norfolk Coast Path passes through or near:- Norfolk Coast Path The Norfolk Coast Path is a long distance footpath in Norfolk, running 62.5 miles (100.5 km) from Hunstanton to Sea Palling. It was opened in 1986 and covers the North Norfolk Coast AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). It links with the Peddars Way at Holme-next-the-Sea, and the two in combination form the Peddars Way & Norfolk Coast Path National Trail, one of 15 National Trails in England and Wales. At Cromer it links to the Weavers Way. In December 2014, the trail was extended to Sea Palling and forms"
"most notably Northallerton, Darlington and Richmond to run errands. The famous Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk (C2C) passes through Streetlam, bringing several thousand hikers through the hamlet every season. Most people walk through Streetlam between April and October and many relax on the grass or in the shade of the trees before moving on to the next village, Danby Wiske, where there is a pub. Streetlam is also noted for being in the middle of the ""tedious section"" of the coast to coast walk, being located in flat land which is navigable by long winding narrow lanes with head-high hedges."
"the North York Moors to reach the North Sea coast at Robin Hood's Bay. The following major headland is traversed by the route: The following hills are crossed by the route: In 1991, the route was run in 39 hours 36 minutes and 52 seconds by Mike Hartley, setting a new record; this beat the previous record set in 1985 by Mike Cudahy, who completed it in 46 hours 49 minutes. Coast to Coast Walk The Coast to Coast Walk is a unofficial and mostly unsignposted long-distance footpath in Northern England. Devised by Alfred Wainwright, it passes through three contrasting"
"the fell and the aforementioned road. Dent, along with Flat Fell, is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright’s book ""The Outlying Fells of Lakeland"". His clockwise route to the two summits starts at Wath Brow. Dent (fell) Dent is a small fell on the fringe of the English Lake District near the towns of Cleator Moor and Egremont. Sometimes known as Long Barrow, it is traditionally the first fell encountered by hikers following Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk. It slopes from the westerly point of the Lake District National Park. At its highest point it stands at only 352"
"time of 8:56:04 and an overall time of 13:56:24 on 25 August 2013. The route links to other parts of the NCN so can be used as part of a longer cycle tour. Route maps for the C2C and detailed route guides from other publishers are available from Sustrans. Sea to Sea Cycle Route The Coast to Coast or Sea to Sea Cycle Route (C2C) is a cycle route opened in 1994. Combining sections of National Cycle Route 7 and National Cycle Route 71, it runs from Whitehaven or Workington on the west coast of Cumbria, and then crosses the"
"Solway Coast The Solway Coast is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in northern Cumbria, United Kingdom. It incorporates two areas of coastline along the Solway Firth, the first running from just north of the city of Carlisle, at the estuary of the rivers Esk and Eden, in a westerly direction as far as Silloth-on-Solway, including the villages of Bowness-on-Solway, Burgh-by-Sands, Port Carlisle, and Skinburness. The second area begins just north of the hamlet of Beckfoot, and runs south down the coast to the southern end of Allonby Bay near the village of Crosscanonby. Included in this area are"
"Dent (fell) Dent is a small fell on the fringe of the English Lake District near the towns of Cleator Moor and Egremont. Sometimes known as Long Barrow, it is traditionally the first fell encountered by hikers following Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk. It slopes from the westerly point of the Lake District National Park. At its highest point it stands at only 352 metres (1155 feet), but offers uninterrupted views of the Cumbrian coast from the Ravenglass estuary in the south to the Solway Firth and across to Scotland in the north. In the west the Isle of Man"
"Wallow Crag at , a nameless summit at , and Hugh's Laithes Pike at . Naddle Horseshoe The Naddle Horseshoe is a group of summits in the English Lake District, south of Mardale valley, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book ""The Outlying Fells of Lakeland"". Wainwright's walk starts at Swindale and ascends Scaleborrow Knott at before making a clockwise circuit of the valley of Naddle Beck (not to be confused with the better known Naddle Beck which runs north to the River Greta near Keswick). His route includes Harper Hills at , Hare Shaw at"
"hills of the range, before sweeping north to become the west facing hills up towards Roseberry Topping. A large rocky outcrop known as the Wainstones lies at the western end of Hasty Bank, just below the summit. Exhibiting carvings including cup and ring markings, dating back to the Bronze Age, these rocks may once have held significant importance to prehistoric locals. Hasty Bank Hasty Bank is a hill in the Cleveland Hills range of the North York Moors, in north-east England. The Cleveland Way National Trail crosses Hasty Bank and is part of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk. The north"
"Seat Robert Seat Robert is a hill in the east of the English Lake District, south west of Shap, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book ""The Outlying Fells of Lakeland"". It reaches , and has a cairn and an Ordnance Survey ""ring"" at ground level rather than the usual trig point column. Wainwright's route is a clockwise circuit from Swindale reaching Seat Robert by way of Langhowe Pike at and Great Ladstones at , and continuing over High Wether Howe at and Fewling Stones and . The first section of his route follows the Old"
"Gower and Swansea Bay Coast Path The Gower and Swansea Bay Coast Path is part of the Wales Coast Path, an long-distance walking route around the whole coast of Wales that opened in 2012. The Gower and Swansea Bay stretch is in length, running along the coast of the Gower Peninsula from Loughor, Swansea to Kenfig Dunes near Port Talbot, South Wales. The number of people using the Wales Coast Path (October 2011 to September 2012) in the Swansea local authority area was 349,333. The path passes through the first area in Britain to be designated an Area of Outstanding"
"a 1st-century AD Roman fort to the east of the summit. Caer Mote Caer Mote is a small hill in the north of the English Lake District near Bothel, Cumbria. Its summit at lies just outside the boundary of the Lake District National Park. It offers a view of Bassenthwaite Lake from its summit, upon which is an ancient earthwork enclosure of undetermined age, known as ""The Battery"". Under the name Caermote Hill it is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book ""The Outlying Fells of Lakeland"". Wainwright's route is an ascent from Bothel via the northern summit St."